In Reply to: RE: Listen for yourself posted by cpotl on July 7, 2017 at 09:33:21:
The most common "explanation" for the SET sound is gentle clipping and 2nd harmonic distortion. I have made SET phono stages and headphone amplifiers, both of which are operated no where near clipping and have easy loads to drive, which have very low measured distortion yet sound noticeably different from other devices, be they solid state or tube. I believe there is more to the picture, yet to be discovered and understood, than standard bench tests.
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